Persistent or Chronic pain

Physis Physiotherapy has often pioneered treatment approaches in Scotland (Cognitive Functional Therapy, Vimove Technology) and we are the first healthcare provider in Scotland to offer a new evidence-based Stanford University 2-hour lecture for chronic pain called Empowered Relief (TM). This has been shown to be as effective as 8 weeks of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in reducing pain. It involves a single 2-hour interactive lecture that equips you with the tools you need to control and reduce your pain. Studies have shown that this has a lasting effect when measured 3 months later. One-to-one treatment sessions consist of approaches based on Cognitive Functional Therapy and Pain Reprocessing Therapy. The benefit being a combination of dealing with physical restrictions and limitations together with maladaptive thoughts and emotions that can also help drive the pain. As physiotherapists we are well placed to make informed judgments on the contributions of all domains on the pain problem. Depending on what we find, we will formulate a plan to start to resolve the problem. Many interventions in the area of chronic pain look to enhance your coping strategies to improve your ability to deal with your pain. There is now a growing body of evidence that, even though the pain may have been with you for years, recovery from this is possible when treatment is directed in the correct areas. At Physis, we believe in empowering you, but also supporting you through the journey as much as you feel you need. This means that you are always at the heart of the decision making process and will make the choices of how involved we need to be, whether this is in an educator role, informing you of what you need to do to address your problem, or supporting you all the way through the process with multiple sessions. We understand that people have differing financial constraints and we will always try to cater to your needs and ability to attend. In other words you can achieve a lot in just one session.